Thanks for the tip. However, it seems twiki requires updating the stock Apple perl 5.6.0 to 5.8.0 (I read the notes at the OSX specific page). That is, unfortunately, out of the questtion. In my last OS iteration I upgraded perl to 5.6.1. I was successful eventually, but it was a lot of heartburn. I definitely cannot go to 5.8.0 because there is stuff I need to run that cannot run on 5.8.0. In any case, I'd rather not mess with Apple's perl install. It is simply not worth the trouble it causes.
Many thanks. Mitchell L Model wrote: > At 9:07 AM -0500 10/14/02, Puneet Kishor wrote: > >> Listers, >> >> While I wait to resolve perl errors on my Jaguar perl 5.6.0, I have a >> more generic question re content-management. >> >> I want to make a few websites for a few starving artists and galleries >> starving = zero or tending to zero resources; artists = almost >> computer illiterates). I have promised them the world in that the >> websites would be dynamic... visitors would be able to search for >> artworks based on different criteria, there would be an events >> calendar, etc. etc. More than anything, once set up, these >> artists/galleries would be able update the website themselves. After >> promising all this, I said to myself, "Oops!". >> >> Additionally, I have to develop these websites on my iBook, and host >> them on a cheap, server I am going to buy from eBay and install >> FreeBSD on it. My assumption is the FreeBSD is gonna be the closest to >> OS X in its directory layout and tools, and therefore not send me on >> too much of a loop (while these artists view me as a computer god, I >> am actually a Unix newbie). >> >> Here is my thinking -- I should consider using something like >> MoveableType or even a wiki to make the websites. That would allow the >> artists to themselves update the content as desired. I could use >> something like Mason, but I really don't want to get into mod_perl for >> now (I know Mason can work without mod_perl, but really likes mod_perl >> around). I want to have a little a standard deviation as possible from >> the stock installs... read, Apache 1.3.26 and perl 5.6.0 that comes >> with OS X. I am not averse to MySQL (I know MySQL quite well) but am >> not comfortable with PostGres (hence, Bricolage/Mason would not be an >> easy choice for me). >> >> MoveableType is really elegant... could it be configured to create an >> art gallery website? Wiki is perhaps the most elegant in its >> simplicity... what do you folks feel about that? >> >> Any advice much appreciated on any or all aspects of the above. > > > Wiki. Definitely. Use TWiki (http://www.twiki.org) -- several levels > beyond any of the others in depth, breadth, and maturity. A very > serious effort, full of features, customizability, etc. Most, if not > all, of what you would find yourself wanting to hack in to another wiki > is already in TWiki. It's even one of the few that supports file > uploads, which it sounds like you need. All TWiki needs is a standard > web environment (Apache, typically) and (until the almost-ready new > version comes out with the option of a lightweight replacement) RCS. > You can find OSX specific instructions for installing TWiki on OS X at > http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiOnMacOSX, and you should follow > the installation instructions that come with TWiki carefully and > methodically, but you should be up in a couple of hours after > downloading. (After a lot of experience on various Wiki sites and > heavily customizing one based on the original C2 wiki code base, and > after experimenting with a number of others, I recently installed TWiki > at Wesleyan University.)
